Senior IT Contracts Counsel (Remote)

UST; Aliso Viejo (CA); Remote; USD 176,000 - 264,000; Full time

Job summary

UST seeks a Senior Commercial Counsel with deep IT contracts expertise to draft, review, negotiate, and close complex client-facing agreements. You will lead global contract activity, advising cross-functional teams and managing vendor and customer relationships.

The role requires a JD, active US bar, 8+ years of relevant experience, and strong negotiation skills. Remote work on the East Coast is preferred; compensation ranges from $176,000 to $264,000 per year.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years at a law firm or with a corporate department and significant experience in technology and professional services contracts drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts from inception through execution.
• Juris Doctor Degree (JD) from an accredited law school
• Active US bar membership in any state.
• Excellent computer skills, MS Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat Professional
• Client-facing experience and negotiation skills
• Orientation towards achieving results and objectives
• Demonstrates ability to effectively manage a workload that is large, diverse, and complex with minimal direct supervision or direction
• Demonstrates and leads strict process discipline and adhere to deadlines
• Experience with CLM platforms and AI-enabled legal tools
• Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills
• Ability to provide clear, actionable, business-oriented advice
• Proven capability to manage high-volume, complex workloads independently
• Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with all stakeholders and leadership on a variety matters.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet tight deadlines
• Ability to problem-solve, in real time, to address business's needs while addressing legal and regulatory constraints
• Advanced understanding of business principles and functions across the global marketplace
• Willingness to accommodate, both internal and external, clients in multiple time zones

Responsibilities

• Draft, edit, and negotiate contracts with customers, suppliers, and others who desire to contract with the Company obtain feedback on draft agreements from stakeholders and provide consolidated comments to the relevant stakeholders, including, but not limited to agreements for participation in UST's networks for health information messaging and connectivity, data use agreements, technology licensing agreements, and contracts with vendors supplying services or equipment to UST
• Provide and/or ensure accurate, relevant and timely advice to different stakeholders and other members of staff on a variety of legal topics that relate to the business sector and their products or services.
• Work closely with, and provide legal advice to, teams within UST responsible for the products/services requiring contracts or other documentation for delivery.
• Responsible for ensuring all relevant facts and legal considerations are assembled, assessed and accurate before contracts are presented for execution as it relates to all business transactions.
• May oversee and/or evaluate and advise appropriate legal courses of action to meet UST and other stakeholders' needs as directed by the reporting attorney.
• Analyze complex legal issues, conduct legal research work and draft summary reports.
• Draft, review and revise legal plans in response to changing needs of the organization, laws and government policies.
• Oversee activities of project personnel to ensure the project progresses on schedule to and within prescribed budget.
• Manage a workload that is large, diverse, and complex with minimal direct supervision or direction.
• Review legal advice provided by other legal professionals and oversee responses to RFPs/RFIs as they come in.
• Develop and maintain an effective line of communication with other departments that we work closely with.
• Communicate with and managing any third-party bodies such as external counsel, external procurement personnel or auditors.
• Ability to take ownership and think critically about assignments, identify, assign, and prioritize workloads, and manage multiple priorities, tasks simultaneously and meet tight deadlines

Skills

Contract Law

Vendor Management

Negotiation

Corporate Law

Contract Management

Legal Advisory

Pre-Sales Support

Contract Lifecycle Management

Technology Licensing

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Tools

CLM platforms

AI-enabled legal tools

Job description

UST seeks a Senior Commercial Counsel with deep IT contracts expertise to draft, review, negotiate, and close complex client-facing agreements. You will lead global contract activity, advising cross-functional teams and managing vendor and customer relationships.

The role requires a JD, active US bar, 8+ years of relevant experience, and strong negotiation skills. Remote work on the East Coast is preferred; compensation ranges from $176,000 to $264,000 per year.